As we all know, your residency can have a significant impact on your odds of admission to a public university. And while you’d think there’s always an in-state advantage, the unfortunate reality is that there’s often not because non-residents pay full tuition and help balance tight budgets.

While most schools publish enrollment breakdowns by residency, far fewer report admission rates in this way. For those that do, we’ve found a handful of cases - UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, UNC Chapel Hill and University of Virginia - where the admission rate differences are pronounced enough to impact how College Kickstart categorizes the school as part of the list check.

This release of College Kickstart includes resident and non-resident options for these institutions. When you add a school like UNC Chapel Hill to your list, simply choose the resident or non-resident option.